The Manly Art: Bare-Knuckle Prize Fighting in America
Elliott J. Gorn examines the history of bare-knuckle prize fighting in America, exploring the sport as competition, spectacle, and a reflection of cultural ideas about manliness. This historical study places prize fighting within the broader context of American society and its changing attitudes toward violence and public entertainment.
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The Manly Art: Bare-Knuckle Prize Fighting in America explores the history of bare-knuckle prize fighting in the United States.
Elliott J. Gorn examines the sport as a distinctive form of competition and public spectacle.
The book considers how prize fighting connected with ideas about manliness and American culture.
It offers a historical perspective on a sport that occupied a notable place in the nation’s past.
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